Tibetan Painted Altar Cabinet - Ca 1900 Style - Tianqiuping 'Bottle' Vases Parvati with her husband Shiva

Parvati with her husband Shiva is depicted standing and dancing atop lotus bases

5 x 100 (wxdxh cms)

The Deccan courts were celebrated for their patronage of metalwork

where huts and houses carried the same pitched roof structure

78 x 10 x 160 (wxdxh cms)

Tibetan Painted Altar Cabinet - Ca 1900 Style - Tianqiuping 'Bottle' Vases Parvati with her husband ShivaThis painted cabinet is from Central Tibet and dates to the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century circa 1900. All hand painted using mineral pigments, the central panels feature some of the 'Eight Auspicious Substances' flanked by vases of flowers. Top left: The Mirror (me long) represents sight and being able to see one's self clearly. In Buddhism, the mirror is the symbol of emptiness & pure consciousness reflecting all